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Convenes: 3:30pm Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:30pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur in the House message to...

Passed H.R.2646, the Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act of 2011. Passed H.R.2943: Short-term TANF Extension Act. Adopted S.Con.Res.27, a concurrent resolution honoring the service of Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry, a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the second living...

There will be no further roll call votes today; the next roll call vote will be at 5:30pm on Monday, September 26th. Senator Reid moved to concur in the House message to accompany H.R.2608, the continuing resolution with the Reid amendment #656, which is a 6-week continuing resolution with FY11 FEMA...

11:16am The Senate began a roll call vote on the Reid motion to table the Reid motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.2608 with an amendment (House-passed CR); Tabled: 59-36

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 655: Motion to Table the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2608 with an Amendment No. 655; To provide continuing appropriations in fiscal year 2011 and additional appropriations for disaster relief in fiscal years 2011 and...

There will be a roll call vote at approximately 11:30am on a motion to table the motion to concur in the House message to accompany H.R.2608, the continuing resolution, as passed by the House.

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 655: Motion to Table the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2608 with an Amendment No. 655; To provide continuing appropriations in fiscal year 2011 and additional appropriations for disaster relief in fiscal years 2011 and...

Convenes: 9:00am Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. We await House action on the continuing resolution. Senators will be notified when votes are scheduled.

Passed H.R.2338, the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act

6:26 pm The Senate began a roll call vote on passage of H.R.2832, the Generalized System of Preferences Act, as amended; Passed: 70-27

On Passage of the Bill: H.R. 2832 as Amended; A bill to extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes. Result: Passed (70-27, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

5:53 pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the Casey-Brown (OH)-Baucus amendment #633 (TAA); Agreed to: 69-28 (60-vote threshold)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 633: Casey Amdt. No. 633; To extend and modify trade adjustment assistance. Result: Agreed to (69-28, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

5:33 pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the Cornyn amendment #634 (F-16 aircraft to Taiwan); Not agreed to: 48-48 (60-vote threshold)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 634: Cornyn Amdt. No. 634; To provide Taiwan with critically needed United States-built multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen its self-defense capability against the increasing military threat from China. Result: Rejected (48-48, 4 members not voting, 3/5...

On Passage of the Bill: H.R. 2832 as Amended; A bill to extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes. Result: Passed (70-27, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

5:02 pm the Senate began a roll call vote on the Thune amendment #650 (ITC report); Not agreed to: 44-52 (60-vote threshold)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 650: Thune Amdt. No. 650; To require a report on the consequences of failing to act on trade agreements. Result: Rejected (44-52, 4 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 633: Casey Amdt. No. 633; To extend and modify trade adjustment assistance. Result: Agreed to (69-28, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 651: Rubio Amdt. No. 651; To limit eligibility for trade adjustment assistance to workers who are laid off because of an increase in imports from, or a shift in production to, a country with which the United States has a free trade agreement in effect. Result: Rejected...